CVE-2021-24521
Side Menu Lite < 2.2.1 - Authenticated SQL Injection
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-24521- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.5 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Side Menu Lite < 2.2.1 - Authenticated SQL Injection
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-24521- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-11433 No score
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.
- Record
EUVD-2021-11433- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-39jf-84mp-m232
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly...
The Side Menu Lite – add sticky fixed buttons WordPress plugin before 2.2.1 does not properly sanitize input values from the browser when building an SQL statement. Users with the administrator role or permission to manage this plugin could perform an SQL Injection attack.
- Record
GHSA-39jf-84mp-m232- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-24521 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Unknown Side Menu Lite – Add Sticky Fixed Buttons, published August 9, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.59%, the 75th percentile. No source names a fixed version.